The one guide you'll need to know about the openings coming your way in the week ahead. This week, Levan comes to Covent Garden with the very French Cassette, the Faber team open a Canary Wharf pub, chef Will Devlin heads to the rooftop and more...
Cassette
Covent Garden - 42 Maiden Lane, London WC2E 7LJ
This new Covent Garden restaurant comes from the team behind Peckham's Levan, and for their first central London restaurant, they've gone fully French. Cassette is inspired by French bistros like Bistrot Des Tournelles, with a Gallic menu that includes pigeon with foie gras and a chicken pie that leaves no room for guesses about what's inside. Expect a strong French wine list and a top sound system throughout the converted townhouse.
Opening date: 23 September 2026
The Tallyman
Canary Wharf - Chancellor Passage, London E14
It's been a good year for interesting new pub openings and this latest arrival in Canary Wharf looks like it'll be a welcome addition for anyone living or working there. It's from the same people behind Faber in Hammersmith, and the pub will have a focus on British food, so you should find great fish & chips or a steak & ale pie here. We also like the sound of the seafood shack outside that will be serving lobster rolls and chips with caviar during lunchtimes.
Opening date: 21 September 2026
Nettle
Covent Garden - 5th Floor, The Conduit, 6 Langley Street, London WC2H 9JA
Nettle is the second of two restaurants from chef Will Devlin at The Conduit Club (with both accessible to non-members). This latest opening is on the roof of the Conduit and he's taking a fire-led approach to the cooking up there (even building a custom grill). Dishes from the grill include Kent lamb chops, fire-cooked Sussex grass-fed beef, baked hake and more.
Opening date: 22 September 2026
Brook & Green
Chiswick - 142 Chiswick High Road, London W4 1PU
This Chiswick restaurant used to be The Silver Birch but the owner has decided to relaunch it as a neighbourhood wine bar and restaurant. That means bringing in a new menu that has a mix of "Mediterranean, Asian and British influences" (which means dishes that range from chicken schnitzel to slow-cooked lamb and more). We particularly like the sound of the downstairs wine bar, which will be serving up glasses of wine with small plates.
Opening date: 24 September 2026
It's Bagels
Hampstead - 60 Hampstead High St, London NW3 1QH
This is the latest opening for the incredibly popular bagel shop. If you've been to one of the others, you know the drill, with a combination of grab-and-go bagels along with a mix of unfilled bagels available to take away. This one will have a little space for you to actually have bagels on-site.
Opening date: 26 September 2026
Here's what opened last week
Romy Gill at The Pem (St James) - Romy Gill takes over The Pem, with a new regional Indian menu.
The Horses (Clerkenwell) - The team behind The Hero and The Pelican unveiled their latest pub.
Island at the George & Dragon (Clerkenwell) - What was The Peasant is reborn with the relocated restaurant from Brad Carter and Tom Brown upstairs.
PG Proper Good (Soho) - Professor Green launched a fast-food restaurant in Soho.
Marrion's (Hackney) - The new neighbourhood bar from the man behind Norman's.
This week's events
21-27 September (Mayfair) - Lilibet’s marks its first anniversary with The Lilibet’s Tunny Club, a week-long celebration of British bluefin tuna inspired by the eccentric British Tunny Club of the 1930s. Expect hay-grilled tuna belly, tuna tortellini, tuna-wrapped oyster with caviar and grilled tuna chop, alongside the à la carte menu.
23 September (Kentish Town) - The Parakeet is teaming up with Cafe Kowloon for a one-night-only seven-course dinner, with Ben Allen and Budgie Montoya combining fire-led cooking with bold Cantonese flavours. Expect oysters, prawn toast with crispy cockles, grilled sea bream and French toast with preserved stone fruit and Szechuan honey ice cream. Tickets are £90pp, with proceeds supporting local foodbanks.
23 September (Mambow) - Akub teams up with Mambow for a one-off dinner that brings Palestinian ingredients and flavours together with Malaysian cooking, exploring fire, chilli, acidity, fermentation, herbs, and smoke. The £70 dinner will raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians.
24 September (Camberwell) - The Camberwell Arms is bringing in Ryan Chetiyawardana and the Lyaness team for the second instalment of its Allocation series. Expect a welcome cocktail, generous snacks including pork saltimbocca and devilled mussels for £15. There will also be more signature cocktails from both teams for £10.
25 & 26 September (Bethnal Green) - Rogue Sarnies is teaming up with Hon’s BBQ for two nights of food and music, with smoked ox cheek or pork belly sandwiches, chilli salt corn ribs and honey and black pepper-glazed smashed new potatoes. Friday is a ticketed evening featuring a vinyl DJ set from Hon, Tim Reaper and Deft, while Saturday is walk-in until sold out.
26 September (Oxford Street) - alto by San Carlo is teaming up with Ibiza's Cotton Beach Club for two rooftop parties at Selfridges, combining Mediterranean-inspired dishes, Champagne and rosé, live DJs, saxophonists and percussionists to recreate the feel of a Balearic sunset session in London.
26 September (Broadgate) - Bar Kroketa is bringing a Basque bar crawl to Broadgate Circle for one day, with pintxos, croquetas, gildas, txakoli, natural cider, Basque wines and beer. There'll also be live Basque music, pop-up bar stops and a competition to crown the Pintxo-Pote People’s Champion. Entry is free and includes a welcome glass of cider.
26 September (Shoreditch) - Alex Jackson heads to Bistro Freddie for an all-day Provençal menu revisiting dishes from his much-loved former restaurant Sardine. Expect monkfish bourride, grilled lamb chops with ratatouille, Anjou pigeon and plum and hazelnut tart, served from midday through to dinner.
27 September (Soho) - Aulis London is bringing back its 20/20/20 charity dinner, bringing together 20 chefs to serve 20 courses, with all proceeds going to Hospitality Action. The all-star line-up includes Alex Bond, Emily Roux, Endo Kazutoshi, James Knappett, Sabrina Ghayour and more. Raffle tickets cost £20, with drinks included.
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